| Sahrawi insurgency | |||||||||
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| Part of Western Sahara conflict | |||||||||
 Map of Spanish Sahara | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Polisario FrontSupport:  Libyan Arab Republic | |||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 5,000 killed | |||||||||
The Sahrawi insurgency (1973–1976) was an armed insurgency led by the Polisario Front against Spanish colonial rule in the Spanish Sahara, from 10 May 1973 to 26 February 1976.[1]